Re: Informix Dynamic Server v 11.50 Developer's Edition

Posted in 2008

Zachi — Wed, 6 Aug 2008 03:27:24 -0700 (PDT) — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

On Aug 1, 10:51 pm, "Art Kagel" <art.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: > Does everyone know that the Informix Dynamic Server Developer's Edition > v11.50 that you can download from the IIUG Web site (www.iiug.org) is NOT > timebombed, is completely and fully functional (including HDR, MACH11, ER > etc.). Do you know that the only limitations on this version is that you > cannot use it in production and it is limited to ten concurrent sessions? > > If you are an IIUG member you can download IDS DE v11.50, AGS's Server > Studio, Open Admin Tool (OAT), among other Informix related products for > free. While some of these, like Server Studio, are demo or trial versions, > but most are, like the Developer Edition, full versions. > > This is just one of the advantages of IIUG membership. If you are not a > member of the IIUG already, sign up now! > > -- > Art S. Kagel > Oninit (www.oninit.com) > IIUG Board of Directors (a...@iiug.org) > > Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and > do not reflect on my employer, Oninit, the IIUG, nor any other organization > with which I am associated either explicitly or implicitly. Neither do those > opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with > which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. This might be a little bit off-topic, but do you know that the Mac OSX Informix 11.50 does not have all these features? And something even more alarming: if one googles for "mac database", "database server Mac" or some variants of that, Informix (and obviously the free download) does not even come up in the first few pages? Even Oracle, which is not supported anymore, is shown there. With all the work the invested in porting it to the Mac, if someone who is looking for a database server does not see it as an option, they will never download and try it. And if no one tries it, no one will use it or buy it, and Informix will not increase its public perception and (hopefully) market share. Zachi